Only in the United States of America. Currently there is a law suit pending that will attempt to change that law.
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Only U.S. Olympic athletes are liable to pay income tax on medals earned and prizes received at the London games. Under U.S. tax law, they must add the value of their Olympic medals and prizes to their taxable income. At today's commodity prices, the value of a gold medal is about $675. A silver medal is worth about $385 while a bronze medal is worth under $5. There are also prizes that accompany each medal: $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver, and $10,000 for bronze.
The prize taxes for a gold medal honorarium of $25,000 is pegged by ATR at $,8750. Combined with the tax on the medal itself, a gold medalist will have to pay the IRS $8,986. A silver medalist must pay $5,385 on the medal and the $15,000 honorarium and a bronze medal winner must pay $3,502 on the medal and the $10,000 honorarium.
Only on Gold. Olympic gold medals are made up of about 4,000 dollars worth of gold, depending on the year. Seeing that gold is a form of currency (in the united states at least), they would be expected to pay the Gold Standard Tax, enacted in 1980 in order to keep gold as a viable currency in the United States. Luckily, the United States government pays its own athletes a larger sum, so there is never really a problem.
That will be based on their total income for the year, as well as the country. The US Olympic committee pays an award bonus of $25,000 for a gold medal. That is taxable income. Someone like Michael Phelps with a huge income from endorsements is going to pay a higher tax rate than someone getting a single medal at their first Olympics. With no other income, a medal winner would probably pay less than $2,000 of it in taxes. Someone like Phelps could pay as much as 40%, but the reality is that a good tax accountant will take advantage of the appropriate methods of reducing taxes.
9,000 tax if gold is won
Yes when the purple heart recipient has the taxable income they are required to file the federal 1040 income tax return reporting all of their gross worldwide and paying income tax that may be due the same as all other taxpayers.
You don't pay tax on the tax-free pay and you do pay tax on taxable income
do you have to pay tax on inheritance
$2500
While it may vary a great deal depending on the country, in the US there is no tax break for winning a gold medal.
I am a survivor on a jtwros account. Do i pay tax if it is under @600.000. Or do i just pay tax on the interest?